dan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to work out how to configure my Linux box to boot up in console
> mode rather than load up X Windows (KDE). Is this something to do with the
> runlevels? If so then does anyone know how I permanently set this?
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Yes, run levels. Look in your /etc/inittab. That's probably where X is
being started from. On my system:
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
# xdm is now a separate service
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
X starts in runlevel 5.
If I then change:
id:5:initdefault:
to:
id:3:initdefault:
My machine would boot into runlevel 3 rather than 5, ensuring that X
doesn't start.
Whilst booted, you could type as root:
init 3
which would stop X in my case.
-
knet
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